Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-09
OUR PRETTY CLIENT.
pY J. 9.


! / had just taken possession of the
~ room in Digg's tavern-I was
1ung lawyer ON my first circnit, and
lees kept his best Recommendations for
o1d stagers-when the words, II
-. Bill" and Tom Mansfield burst
- ne It the ssme instant.
I'm and / had been cronies from the
- we bad committed our first juve-
1lo nsspass ON Deacon Boxley's water.
Lea patch, till we afterward studied
IS nclion of that name together in
nd2s Thompson's Office.
Il uay, Bill, I've got case, and want
our assistance in it.
.Ahl' said in consulting tone.
"A will case," he continued, "fnll of
- nicsst kind of points, and the pret.
~ woman in the world for a client. -
s'WbAf about fees!' I enquired by way
2 keeping up professional appear.
ssHear the mercenary wretohy" he ex.
1o1med. IF we succeed there'll be
0Saty Of money; if we don't it will be
obls cause to fail in"
s'That's what they said of the dash.
- young chap that broke his neck try
~ 10 mako two-forty time with the
nkariot Of the sun, but it didn't mend
y neck"
''Confound your mythology; business
y businem. Let me state the case"
well, state away"
This was il:
John Andrews had settled in the
|1uuntry when il was young. He had
EoNn with its growth, and was the pro-
riotoy ef half dozen farms and zone
Hir daughter, the which he loved pass
- welI."
His wife, the partner of the earliest
I'D ssverest portion of his struggles.
|<nd died many years before, and his
|Gauahfer had become the mistress of his
|1oase while yet child.
A Efie increased in years her father
Iogoepered, and when, at length. he
|(5und himself the possessor OF wealth,
~ Gmbition, so common under sucn cir.
|unstances, Of elevatiDg bis daughter to
Is 11atlon in life above that in which she
~ been reared became o ruling pas
|olon. The first thing was to buy her q
|nplendid education, and. like other not
10w good ju lges Of the article, he was
noverned in his choice more by the
|Gk1diness OF the coloring than by the
quality Of the texture.
At the end OF the usual period Effie
N1s sent home finished, that is, in
1gury respect in which she could b.. to-
on1ly spoiled, In one thing only she re.
aimed the same: her love for her father
kad defied the power even of fashionable
o1ucation.
A house was purchased in town, of
which Efiie was made the mistress. and
nt which Mr.. Belden, young gentleman
'Qf city antecedents, and far too nice 10
1sve anything 90 vulgar as visible call
Ing, became frequent and not unwel
come visitor. He had just brains enough
- think of providing for the future by a
scheme, OF which Miss Andrews and her
constituted the central
loeture. Accordingly he sighed and lied,
md fawned and fiattered, till Effis's
foolish little heart relented.
Bat one difficulty remained to be en-.
countered. How to conciliate the rough
old woodsman-there was the rub. He
I'D permitted his daughter to amuse
hersef with the young dandy, much as
~ would have allowed her to play with
: monkey or poodle. But could he
tave brought himself to tolerate the
t1ea Of her marrying anybody yet awhile
--for the possibility of such remote
future contingency may have occasion.
ally suggested itself--H Horace Belden
was s5out the last person on earth in
connection with whom it would have
been entertained.
When that gentleman, therefore, re-
'ported at headquarters and implored
ths paternsl sanction of bis suit, be re-
oeived no such thing; ION the contrary,
quite the reverse" Indeed, he only
escaped being kicked out Of doors by a
speedy voluntary departure.
When Effie tried to talk her father
over, for the first time in his life, he
dew in passion with her and she dared
not renew the subject.
But Love, the little pagan. pays no
eenpect to the fifth commandment. The
= ioiens Interference of parents and
guardians only renders him the more i'm,
0naiont and unruly; aud the present in
11once was no exception. Clandestine
INTERVIEWS were arranged; accidental
11otinas took place at the houses OF
lutnAl friends; till the whole ended in
~ gentleman proposing m elopement.
Nfie. after protesting she couldn't pos.
Ibly think of such thing, and after
10y vain attempts to conjecture what
11o(lo would say, ct last. with graceful
k1ancy, consented.
Xa9e, frenzy, despair are weak words
y doscribe the emotions of John An
|In8D when be found bis house had been
0btod OF its chiefest treasure. His
i lmpulse was pursuit. II was night
~ hs sst out, accompanied by
1y Sootohman, long in his employ
m copfidenoe. Az the two galloped
~. Mr. Apdrews' horse stumbled,
3 (1iing his rider to the ground and
- heavily upon him. He was taken
1rnelblc and carried to the nearest
~ a physloien was called, who
0nneod the Injuries of most ser.
e rot neoessariIy fatal character.
1toa - oonscionsncss returned be
o1od messenger for q nephew Of
Yr1r of not very good repute,
n = nefghborlnG town.